Wastewater expert witness Fred Stottlemyer testified regarding the West Virginia Public Service Commission’s investigation into the January 9, 2014 Freedom Industries chemical spill. The spill from the West Virginia American Water intake and treatment and distribution center occurred when crude MCHM was released into the Elk River.

Pollution expert witnesses may write reports and testify on hazardous waste management, chemical and refinery processes, environmental project management, air pollution control, and hazardous waste management. On February 24, 2014, Waco, TX, Federal District Judge Walter S. Smith, Jr. ruled that the Sierra Club failed to prove the Big Brown Power Plant in Freestone County violated the Clean Air Act. The environmental group’s expert witness testified that the plant’s control devices are too small to handle the amount of emissions and alleges the company has known that since 1997.